Polluting waste firms avoid £500m bill thanks to a government ‘loophole’
Exclusive: Incinerator industry tried to delay plans to close ‘loophole’ and force firms to pay for emissions
Ben Webster
Some ‘renewable’ UK incinerators are more polluting than coal stations
Exclusive: Waste firms and councils accused of ‘greenwashing’ with false claims over burning rubbish for energy
Public to lose access to thousands of miles of paths after landowner lobbying
Exclusive: Government U-turned on vow to abolish deadline for registering paths in England after letter from landowners
UK airlines’ new ‘sustainable’ fuels may be causing deforestation in Asia
Exclusive: Experts fear lack of industry regulation means virgin palm oil is being passed off as ‘used’ cooking oil
Water firms threatened to hike bills if made to clean up sewage in rivers
Exclusive: Water companies told the government they’d pass the costs of cleaning up England’s rivers onto customers
Airlines downplayed science on climate impact to block new regulations
Campaigners say the lobbying tactics used to argue against tougher measures on emissions echo those of the 20th century tobacco industry
UK government lets airlines off the hook for £300m air pollution bill
The government wrote off emissions equivalent to 400,000 passengers flying from London to Sydney and back in one year